Should you allow pets in your rental?
2026-10-23
"No pets allowed" sounds like a great plan, right? It can cost you money. Property manager Brian Mullins of 1907 Property Management walks through what happens when you accept pets and when you don't: who you're excluding, why tenants with pets stay longer, the real risks (and how to cover them), the extra rent pets can bring in, and how to set up a pet policy that protects your property.
Need help with a pet policy for your rental in the Oklahoma City metro? We've had ours lined out for years. Give us a call and we'll show you how we set it up to protect you as the owner.
WHAT WE COVER
In this video
- 0:00 Coming up
- 0:17 "No pets allowed" can cost you money
- 0:55 The upside of allowing pets
- 2:17 The risk
- 3:30 The math
- 4:29 How to be smart about allowing pets
- 6:18 Service animals
- 6:45 Quick recap
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